| Title:
| Pneumatic robot arranges limbs for MRI 'sweet spot'
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| Description:
| A pneumatic robot that positions patients' limbs inside an MRI scanner allows physicians to exploit a bizarre phenomenon where hard-to-see tendons jump into sharp focus when held at the right angle. That "magic angle" effect happens when a tendon is at 55° to a scanner's powerful magnetic field and can help with diagnosing tendon injuries. ... The robot judges its own position, and even uses image processing software to check whether it has reached the right angle. (with video).
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| Author:
| Tamsin Osborne
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| Orig. Date:
| August 01, 2008
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| Source:
| NewScientist.com
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| Subject:
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| Contributor:
| bruce buchanan <buchanan@cs.pitt.edu>
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| Type:
| Text
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| Language:
| English
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| Format:
| html
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| Last Edit:
| Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:33:33 -0700
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